This made my day!

My husband checks the mail every day. 

Last night he checked it after 

I had already left for a jewelry show.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE getting mail.

So you can understand my excitement when I found this lovely surprise waiting for me!

I won this notebook, cards, and sticky notes 

from Jamie over at Pure Joy.

She is super sweet.

If you don't follow her blog, please do! 

You won't regret it.

Hope you all have a very blessed day.

Rocking out 2 & Kickin Off 3

Sorry for the delay in posts lately. My husband and I went out of town for the weekend! We went to the great city of Nashville, TN and had a blast! This is a short post, and I will write more about our weekend later, but here are some pictures of our trip! Hope you enjoy them! :)

We are on our way! YAY!!

 

We finally arrived at the hotel..then had to go find some food!

Then back to the room for some much needed rest. 

 

We kicked off our Anniversary on Saturday with a trip around town.

Here is us and some of the pictures from town that we took.

          

  

It was So hot..So we decided to get some ice cream! 

It was OH, SO, Yummy!!!

That night we went out to eat at Rafferty's!

And what better way to end our day than with Starbucks!!

During the whole weekend, we did lots of shopping 

and went to the movies and did some other fun things! 

Overall, the weekend was a HUGE success for us :)

I am looking forward to seeing what God has in store for us.

We are now working on our THIRD YEAR in the making!!!!!!

I'm such a blessed woman to have his man of God in my life! :)

woohoo! Got my first two blog awards!!!

That's right. I got my first blog award, and apparently they come in pairs because I got two! 

A Special Thanks to Crystal over at Bye Bye Fat Pants for nominating me for this award. 

Here are the Rules: 

• Thank the person who gave you the award.
• Share seven things about yourself.
• Nominate fifteen newly discovered blogs!
• Let your nominees know about the award. \

Seven Things About Me:

1.  Since I got married, I have recently become a preacher's kid. YAY for my dad! He is a great man of God!
2. I have 2 four-legged children. Dixie is a Jack-Russel, and she is so smart it's kinda scary! Buster is the newest addition to our family and he is 6 years old and a Boston Terrier and nothing but a big ole' baby!
3. I'm a student at the local university and am starting my last semester for my degree in just a couple of weeks! You are reading the blog of a soon-to-be college graduate with a degree in Elementary Education! EEK!! I'm so stinkin' excited.
4. I love the Biggest Loser. Within the past year or so, it's almost become an obsession. I try not to schedule anything on Tuesday evenings when the show is in season. I have (I think) every Biggest Loser book for health and fitness, and also the workout DVD's. Yeah, I know. Pathetic. And one would think with just an obsession, I would be much thinner by now and you think I would have learned something!
5. I have a crush on Gerard Butler, you know, the really sexy actor. It really drives my husband crazy. He knows I'm not a big action movie buff, but if it's got Gerard Butler in it, you bet I got us tickets to see it. Recently, I'm kinda interested in seeing the Expendables. My husband tells me, " Honey, you know Gerard Butler isn't in it right?" See. He knows that Mr. Lovely is usually the reason for my wanting to see these types of movies...yeah. It's that bad. 
6. I'm on a journey to a new and improved, healthier me! I'm getting my husband on board a little more each day. I want to lose a minimum of 20 pounds (but hopefully more) and I have lots of motivation. I graduate in December, and my parents are sending us on a cruise in the spring. I want to be bathing-suit comfortable for sure! Then, I have two weddings to be in. One in May, and one in June. So see, hopefully this will give me plenty of motivation to see it through. 
7. Last but not least, I'm married to the man of my dreams. We met in September of 2007 and knew we were getting married by Thanksgiving. We were officially engaged in February of 2008 and married August 14, 2008. Now, I wouldn't say I'm a believe in love at first sight, but we have been together since the day we met, and I do know that when you know he's the one, you just know.

There you have it. Nothing overly spectacular about me, but just some fun(ish) facts. 

Here are my nominee's for this award. 

• Brianna at ItsyBitsyBrianna
• Hannah at My New Kentucky Home
• Jessica at The Improbable Housewife
• Lauren at That 22 Yr Old Housewife
• Abby at Babbling Abby
• Lady Hill at From Lazy to Lady
• Amber at Striving for 31
• The Good Wife at The Good Wife
• Brittany at Sweet Classy and Oh So Sassy
• Jen at Suck It Up Buttercup!
• Jamie at Running Diva Mom
• Eloise at Mommy2TwoGirls
• Kayla at Love Never Fails
• Lauren at My 365 to A Size 5
• Deb at Jeremiah 29:11 

Thank you to Brianna for this award!

I'm passing this award over to:

• Deb at Jeremiah 29:11  is an amazing blogger and always got the cutest stuff on her page. She is so full of inspiration and I lover reading her blog! Go check it out!!!!
• Laura at along for the ride is a great blogger as well. Check out her kindness challenge!
• Nicole at One Little Mister is a mom with an adorable child. She hosts a cute blog hop and does reviews for all you other moms out there. Go visit her!

Try It Tuesday :)

Here is an early start for Try It Tuesday! :)

This week's recipe is a something we are going to try this weekend for our upcoming anniversary.

This Saturday, August 14th, we will be married for 2 years! 

It's gone by so fast, yet it seems like we have been together forever.

Skinny Strawberries Romanoff

 A simple, yet elegant dessert. 

Points: 1 ww point

Servings: 5 

Serving Size: about 5 strawberries + 2 Tbsp cream

Calories: 77.2    Fat: 2.4g    Protein: 2.1g

Carbs: 12.8g    Fiber: 2.1g

Ingredients

• 16 oz strawberries, washed and cut
  (about 25 strawberries)
• 4 oz low fat sour cream
• 2 Tbsp brown sugar

Directions

• Combine sour cream and brown sugar.
• Place about 5 strawberries (cut) into each glass.
• Drizzle with about 2 tablespoons of cream sauce.
• Serve and Enjoy!

A combination of sour cream with the sweetness of brown sugar.

Add to the elegance by serving this sweet dish up in a champagne or martini glass! 

Now, join me in sharing your 

healthy recipes for others to try. 

Leave a comment with the link to 

your Try It Tuesday post! 

Hope you enjoy this one. 


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Friendly Friday!

Yay!

I'm so excited to be participating in this blog hop today. Just looking at the original linky, 

there are TONS of blogs to look at. 

Can't wait to start visiting and following others! 

Thank you for coming to visit my blog as well!

I hope you like what you find here. 

Current Followers, New Followers, and Visitors: Please help the children of St. Jude at the link below. I am participating in the Give Thanks. Walk. for St. Jude Children's Hospital and would love to have you sponsor me. It's a mission close to my heart and these children need our help. 

 I know that if my child was there, I would want as many people helping out as possible! Wouldn't you? 

Donate HERE to sponsor me and help the children of St. Jude!!!

Weekly Weigh-in

Yep. It's that time again. 

Well, all was going great until yesterday actually. I cheated and weighed myself yesterday morning just to see if I was on track and guess what..I was. I had lost an entire pound. Not a lot, but it's a start. However, yesterday we buried Joshua's grandfather, so it was a day of eating lots of things not so good for you. But, I still managed a weight loss of .7 pounds. Which means yesterday didn't do as much damage for me as I had thought it would. 

But now it's time to get back on track where I was and lose some more weight. I'm putting on my tennis shoes as we speak and heading for a little run. Yeah, more like a walk/run, but hey it's a start to running completely.

If you have a heart for helping those in need and a love for children, please visit this site to sponsor me in the Give Thanks. Walk. for St. Jude. It's a great cause and I don't see any of the money, it goes straight to them. So please have an open heart and help a child!

Short and Sweet

Hey Bloggers! It's been a couple of days since I have done a post. So I'm just doing a quick on tonight and will be back tomorrow for my weekly post on my healthy journey! :) 

I sell Premier Designs jewelry, for those that don't know, and this week is crazy busy for me. I'm doing 4 jewelry shows this week; 2 down and 2 to go!! YAY for lots of money I'm making (which is going toward our anniversary next weekend), and OH WOW for the tiredness that I'm gonna feel after Friday night. I'm filling a relaxing weekend coming my way! 

I hope you are all having a great week so far and have a great rest of the week!!

Don't forget, I'm walking for St. Jude Children's Hospital and would love to have you sponsor me! Help me reach my goal by going HERE to sponsor me in the Give Thanks. Walk. Be Blessed Bloggers!